Trade wind weather is forecast through the work week with clouds and showers focusing over our usual windward and mauka areas.

Today

We expect east winds around 15 to 20 mph. High temperatures are forecast from 85° to 90°. Partly sunny skies with scattered showers for windward spots in the morning. Mostly sunny skies for leeward areas.

UV index at 10 (“very high” exposure level)

Tonight

Partly cloudy skies with scattered windward showers and isolated showers for leeward areas. Low temperatures from 73° to 78°. Winds are expected to be east around 15 to 20 mph.

Meteorologist Malika Dudley Malika was born and raised in Hilo. She began her career in news at KGMB9 in 2007. As a part of the Hawaii News Now weather team, Malika was nominated for two Emmy Awards for excellence in weather reporting and won the prestigious Edward R. Murrow Journalism Award for her reporting on Hawaii’s tsunami damage in 2011. In 2019, Malika was recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists Hawaii Chapter in the category of Science Reporting for her Big Island Now news report on what was happening beneath the sea surface at the ocean entry of the Puna lava flow.